Chapter 3: Monsters
Fresh fish?
This made everyone, who had been eating dry rations for months, suddenly’s eyes light up.
Wood for building houses, clean water sources, plump fish, and a valley where they could set up camp…
This was indeed welcome news for the party that had been lost in the blizzard for too long.
The group exchanged glances, their faces showing joy, and they all stood up to look at Lei Wen, awaiting his decision, as he was the master here.
Meeting their gazes, Lei Wen pondered for a moment and asked, “Is there any danger nearby?”
Ryan was slightly taken aback, then sheepishly scratched his head, “I was just focused on the fish in the river… but it doesn’t seem like there are any dangerous monsters around.”
After all, he had returned alive!
Lei Wen: “…”
This young knight seemed a bit foolish.
Lei Wen fell into thought.
According to the original owner’s memories, they had been lost in the blizzard for too long. Before he transmigrated, the original owner had considered sending people to search for a town nearby.
But those people either found nothing or never returned.
The Pokémon World is vast and sparsely populated, and with the limitations of the era, human villages and towns are scattered across the land, making them difficult to find.
Lei Wen looked up at the people before him.
Old men, children, the sick, the disabled…
It was clearly impossible to continue with these people, and as a modern person, Lei Wen could not abandon them here.
At this point, they had no other choice.
Meeting their hopeful gazes, Lei Wen slowly nodded and said, “In that case, let’s set off!”
“Yes! Prince Lei Wen!” Ryan straightened his back and replied with excitement.
The group rested briefly, then packed their meager supplies and headed towards the valley under Ryan’s lead.
Several knights, led by Ryan, formed a protective formation around Lei Wen and the other commoners and slaves.
As they advanced, they remained vigilant for any signs of monsters.
Lei Wen did not return to the carriage but sat outside, observing the surrounding environment.
“Prince Lei Wen, it’s still snowing outside. Please return to the carriage!”
Butler Elif, seeing Lei Wen outside, couldn’t help but step forward and persuade him.
Hearing this, Lei Wen looked at the person approaching.
The man was a middle-aged man of about thirty or forty. The original owner’s memories told Lei Wen that this was his butler, Elif, who had taken care of his daily life since childhood.
Now, on their way to the territory, Elif had naturally accompanied him.
“It’s alright, Elif,” Lei Wen shook his head, refusing his suggestion, “This situation is not like when we were in the Royal City.”
Hearing this, the old butler was slightly taken aback and couldn’t help but recall past events.
In Aindook, His Highness had a loving Father King and two elder brothers, and he only needed to play without worry, without having to consider anything else.
But now…
It seemed the experiences of the past few days had made His Highness grow up.
Elif sighed softly, turned around, and brought a thick cloak woven from wool to drape over His Highness.
Lei Wen was about to say something when he suddenly heard a shout filled with warning.
“Careful, there are a group of monsters ahead!”
This immediately caused panic within the caravan.
Lei Wen blinked, then turned to look, and saw a group of unknown creatures that were enormous, covered in brown fur, and resembled pigs.
Are those… Ivory Pigs?!
Upon seeing the Ivory Pigs, Ryan and the others tightened their grip on their Iron Swords. These trained knights bravely protected everyone behind them.
The Ivory Pig herd keenly sensed hostility. They turned their massive bodies and looked in their direction.
The gaze of the lead Ivory Pig lingered on the weapons of Ryan and the others.
Seemingly sensing a threat, the Ivory Pig herd immediately became restless, and in an instant, a powerful aura swept outwards.
It was an aura filled with wildness and pressure.
The few remaining knights in the caravan couldn’t help but grip their weapons tightly.
“Gulp!”
Ryan couldn’t help but swallow. This was the first time he had seen these monsters, but the pressure they exerted was no less than that of the giant centipedes outside the Royal City.
There were so many of them; if they all charged…
Ryan couldn’t imagine the consequences.
What should he do? What should he do?
If Lord Geralt were here, it would be good…
Lord Geralt was the most skilled knight in the Knight Order and had defeated countless powerful monsters.
But not long ago, Lord Geralt had single-handedly lured away a group of monsters that attacked the caravan to protect Prince Lei Wen, and had never returned.
“Ryan, put down your weapons!”
Just then, Ryan suddenly heard Prince Lei Wen’s shout.
He was slightly taken aback.
“Hurry!” Lei Wen commanded loudly, “Everyone, put down your weapons!”
The knights exchanged glances. Although confused, they reluctantly obeyed the order and lowered their weapons.
Lei Wen jumped off the carriage and shouted at the herd of Ivory Pigs:
“Ivory Pigs, we have no ill intentions. We are just passing through, and we will leave soon!”
The dangerous aura in the air suddenly disappeared.
The herd of Ivory Pigs shifted their gaze from the Iron Swords, then slowly turned around, and with the Little Boars, they crossed the snowy ground and soon disappeared into the blizzard.
“Hoo…”
Seeing this, Lei Wen let out a long sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the Ivory Pigs themselves had no hostility towards them, or the consequences would have been unthinkable.
“Let’s continue forward!” Lei Wen turned and looked at the stunned group.
Ryan’s eyes widened, and he looked at Lei Wen in disbelief, “Pr-Prince Lei Wen, how did you do that?!”
“What?” Lei Wen was slightly confused.
“Those monsters just left like that?” Ryan was very surprised.
“…”
Lei Wen looked in the direction the Ivory Pigs had left and said, “They themselves had no hostility towards us. They only acted that way because they saw the weapons in your hands, and besides… I think monsters are not stupid. On the contrary, they are very intelligent. As long as we communicate reasonably, they will understand our intentions.”
Upon hearing this, the group exchanged glances.
Monsters… could understand them?
Lei Wen did not explain further. At this moment, the heavy snow had stopped, and the wind had also weakened considerably.
He looked at the group and said, “Let’s continue forward!”
“Yes!”
Apart from the herd of Ivory Pigs, the group encountered no further dangers on their journey.
Perhaps because it was winter, Pokémon other than Ice Type rarely ventured outside, allowing the group to successfully reach the valley Ryan had mentioned.
This was a hidden Valley Plains surrounded by majestic snow mountains. It was encircled by steep and precipitous, snow-covered giant mountain ranges that soared into the clouds.
From a distance, one could see a wide River flowing across the vast, snow-covered plains, and on the other side of the river was a dense Forest.
One could imagine how fertile this land would be when winter passed and spring arrived.
